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The Complicatist : The Spirit of Rockabilly
The sound of white trash contenders, from over 50 years ago…
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 34, September 5, 2012 * * * * *
The September 2012 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on the Huawei security scare
On the face of it, it looks very strange that our government should have jumped to comply with American concerns about the Internet business of […]
Gordon Campbell on the Chinese shadow over John Key’s trip to Hollywood
While John Key was in Los Angeles wooing the US studio executives at dinner to bring more film projects to New Zealand, a significant piece […]
Gordon Campbell on the two victories that Mitt Romney needs this week
This week is Mitt Romney’s last chance. And as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has pointed out so brilliantly, the real debate in Denver today […]
Gordon Campbell on the Kitteridge inquiry into the GCSB
This sounds cosy. The second inquiry to be launched in the past ten days into the GCSB – this time, into its capabilities, performance and […]
Gordon Campbell on the failures of the Neazor report
As predicted in yesterday’s column, the restrictions in the Inspector-General’s own guiding legislation have prevented him from reporting adequately on (a) issues of Ministerial responsibility […]
Gordon Campbell on the flawed inquiry into the Dotcom security breaches
Who watches the watchers? Putting in place effective oversight mechanisms for intelligence agencies is a chronic problem in Western democracies. Given the recent revelations of […]
Gordon Campbell on Dotcom, spies and plausible deniability
Well, John Key promised us a different style of government than what we’d had from Helen Clark. No more of that being on top of […]
Gordon Campbell on Paula Bennett’s yawning credibility gap
By the week, the “welfare reforms” of Social Development Minister Paula Bennett are starting to look more like the Cave Creek viewing platform than a […]
Gordon Campbell on Leon Panetta, and gunboat access diplomacy
See if you can guess the name of the country that the Stratfor think tank is talking about here. Hint: it is a country that […]
Gordon Campbell on the relevance to Labour of Mitt Romney’s troubles
One shouldn’t take pleasure in the misfortune of others, but one can always make an exception for Mitt Romney. Romney is now trying to defend […]
Gordon Campbell on John Banks, and Japanese politicking
Don’t ask, don’t tell. The “gays in the military” strategy that John Key has chosen to adopt with respect to the John Banks Affair is […]
Gordon Campbell on journalism, and John Armstrong
Watching a round of hair pulling and name-calling between journalists is rarely a rewarding sight, so I apologise in advance to anyone of a nervous […]
Gordon Campbell on job creation, and Paula Bennett’s welfare numbers
When governments brag about the jobs their economic policies are creating, the public should regard the figures as being as reliable as a John Banks’ […]
Gordon Campbell on Paula Bennett’s latest welfare plans and Labour’s exchange rate cynicism
Paula Bennett’s refusal to front up on National Radio this morning and discuss her latest spasm of beneficiary policy is symptomatic of her overall performance […]
Gordon Campbell on APEC, and its significance for the TPP talks
Once upon a time, the APEC gathering of nations threatened to become a significant free trade bloc in its own right. Remember the Bogor Goals […]
Gordon Campbell on the government’s lack of a jobs policy, and our abortion laws
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Gosh, who would have thought that if you cut government spending and jobs in the teeth of a recession, the economy would […]
Mighty Foolish
Does anyone still think the share sales in state energy assets are a good idea?
Muddied Waters
The Government has to deal with Māori claims over water. It could start by behaving more like a Treaty Partner, and showing a little good faith.
Syria Diary
The Free Syrian Army – How To Lose Support And Alienate People In No Time
Abortion in the Dock
The Supreme Court’s recent upholding of the status quo on abortion access doesn’t fix the problems our outdated abortion laws continue to create
The Dizzying Heights
This year, Vertigo finally replaced Citizen Kane as the best film ever made. If you can believe film critics, that is.
Woody Guthrie at 100
From revolutionary poet, to icon of American virtue…
Hating Australians Is Boring
Isn’t it time we gave up bitching about the neighbours?
London Calling: After The Gold, Hush
In the wake of the London Olympics, the legacy is a good deal less than bright and glittering
From the Hood : Poor Show
Please, sir, can I have the implementation of a number of already-identified measures that have been shown internationally to mitigate poverty and benefit the wider economy?
The Complicatist : Music Gonna Shock You Like Electric
Celebrating Jamaica, and 50 years of independence
Cartoon Alley : Mat Tait & Mike Brown
Mat Tait is a South Island based cartoonist and illustrator. Mike Brown lives in Wellington and is currently writing a PhD thesis on New Zealand vernacular musics.